Neckband-ironer



(No Model.)

C. O. WHITE. NBGKBAND 160mm.

No. 436,466. Patented sept. 16, 1696.

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UNITED STATES vPATENT OFFICE.

CLARENCE O. IVHITE, OF MINNEAPGLIS, MINNESOTA.

NECKBAND-IRONER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 436,466, datedSeptember 16, 1890.

Application filed April 28, 1890. Serial No. 349,767. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern: Be it known that I, CLARENCE O. WHITE, ofMinneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State of Minnesota, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Neckband-Ironers, ofwhich the following is a specification. Y

This invention 'relates particularly to improvements in machinesdesigned for ironing neckbands of shirts; and the invention consists,generally, in combining with the padded roll and heated iron anadjustable guide and gage by which the neckband may be turned at anydesired angle to the bosom or body of the shirt.

To this end the invention consists, generally, in the combinationhereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,Figure l is an end elevation of my improved machine. Fig. 2 is avertical section. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section taken just above theheated iron, and Figs. 4 and 5 are details of the guide.

I have shown the invention in connection with a machine having twopadded rolls with the heated iron arranged between them and capable ofbeing used in connection with either roll, being brought into contactwith either roll by means of suitable treadle mechanism, and while Iprefer to use the invention illustrated in connection with this kind ofmachine, it will be understood, however, that it may be used inconnection with a machine having only one padded roll, or in connectionwith one having a revolving iron in place of the non-revolving ironherein shown.

In the drawings, 2 represents a standard, which is provided, preferably,with the driving-shaft 3 and with bearings for the shafts 5 and 7 of thepadded rolls 9 and 11. These shafts are provided with gears 13 and 15,meshing together, and are preferably driven by a belt-chain 17 from theshaft 3, that engages a wheel19 upon the shaft 5. The iron 2l is pivotedupon the standard 2, and is connected by a rod 23 with the treadles 24and 25, by means of which the iron may be moved against either of therolls 9 and 1l.

This machine, as hereinbefore described, is of well-known construction,being in its essential features very similar to that shown and describedin my fermer patent, No. 419,164, dated January 7, 1890.

An adjustable gage and guide 25 is arranged over the lower padded roll 9and in front of the iron 21. This age is provided with the inclined rearface 27. At one end this face very nearly approaches the perpendicularand gradually recedes therefrom toward the other end of the gage. Thegage is preferablyv arranged so as to be adjustable toward and from theend of the iron 21, and also so as to be adjustable circumferen'tiallyof the surface of the roll 9. The gage is preferably supported upon aring 29, that is arranged upon the boss or bearing through which theshaft 5 passes, being secured thereto by a suitable set-screw 31. Thisring is provided with a projection 33, having an opening that receivesthe shank 34 of the gage 25, which is held in place by means of aset-screw 35. When it is desired to adjust the gage toward or from theiron, the setscrew 35 is loosened, and the gage is moved by sliding theshank 34 in the opening in the projection 33. When it is desired toadjust the gage circumferentially of the roll, the setscrew 31 isloosened, and the ring 29 is turned upon its support, thereby carryingthe gage around the roll, as indicated by the full and dotted lines inFig. 4. By this means the neckband may be set at any desired angle. Whenit is desired to have the neckband substantially at right angles to theshirt, the gage is placed so as to be very near the iron, and so thatthe part of the surface 27 that is nearly perpendicular to the top ofthe roll 9 is over that part of the roll 9 at which contact is make bythe iron 21. Then in ironing the neckband the under side of the body ofthe shirt will rest against the top of the gage 25 at this point, andthereby the outside of the neckband will be ironed, and the neckbandwill also be set so as to be very nearly perpendicular to theshirt-bosom, and by moving the gage farther from the end of the iron andmoving it around circumferentially of the roll the neckband will be setat a less angle to the surface of the bosom.

In the machines ordinarily used-such as that shown in my former patent,hereinbefore referred to-the lower padded roll is provided with a flangefor setting the neckband;

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but this 'lange is not capable of the adjustments of` the` gage hereindescribed and does not accomplish the result secured by my presentinvention.

I claim as my inventionl. The combination, in an ironing-machine,

of the padded roll and iron and a stationary adjustable gage and guidearranged above the padded roll and in front of the end of the 1ron, forJthe purpose set forth. 2. The combination, with the roll' 9 and iron2l, of the gage 25, arranged in front of said iron and provided with theinclined face 27 and capable of adjustment circumferentially of theroll.

3. .The combination, With the roll 9 and iron 2l, of the adjustable rim29 and the gage 25, provided With the inclined face 27,adjustably'supported'upon said ring and arranged over said roll and infront of said iron, sub- 2o stantially as described.

4. The combination, With the roll 9 and iron 21, of the gage 25,arranged in front of said iron and provided with the inclined face 27and capable of adjustmentcircumferen- 25 tiallT of the roll and towardand from the end of the iron.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 22d day of April,1890.

A. C. PAUL, A. M. GASKILL.

